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Manufacturing Article Index

General Knowledge

  • Electrical Certification for use in Canada: Recognizing Certification and Why it’s Important
  • Why you Can’t Measure Air Temperature with a Laser IR Gun and a Simple, Effective Alternative
  • Computational Modelling of Thermal Dynamics and Fluid Mechanics – what is it and how can it help me?​
  • Why Your Hot Air Tool Needs Airflow

Basics

  • Understanding the Difference Between Flow, Velocity, and Pressure
  • ​Temperature versus Heat – What’s the Difference and Why is it Important?
  • Air Heater Basics
    • Part One: Air Heaters Defined
    • Part Two: Elements
    • Part Three: Choosing an Air Source
    • Part Four: Hot Air Blowers vs. Air Heaters
    • Part Five: Sizing a Heater and Blower
  • The Basics of Heat Calculations​
  • All about Blowers
    • Part One: Impeller-based Blowers
    • Part Two: Positive Displacement Blowers
    • Part Three: Blower Comparison Chart
    • Part Four: Specialty Blowers
    • Part Five: Important Design Parameters for Choosing a Blower
    • Part Six: Blower Selection Examples
  • Regenerative versus Centrifugal Blowers
  • How to Read and Interpret a Blower/Fan Curve​

Building a System

  • Understanding Blowers as part of a System
  • Steps to Designing a Hot Air System
    • Part One: Define the Problem
    • Part Two: Gather Information
    • Part Three: System Design
    • Part Four: Selecting Process Equipment
  • ​Compressed Air versus Blower Systems
  • 5 Biggest Mistakes Made When Designing a Hot Air System
  • The Importance of Hose 
  • Bring the Experts in First – Lessons Learned by Those Who Didn’t
  • Building a Heat Recirculating System​
  • Sizing your Heater and Blower: The Relationship between Air Flow and Temperature
  • Right size your Heater: Don’t just buy the Biggest or Cheapest
  • All-in-one Tools are not One-size-fits-all!
  • High Flow versus Low Flow Air Heaters
  • 3 Things to Consider when Choosing a Nozzle
  • Closed-Loop vs. Open-Loop Control Systems
    • Part One: Automating the System
    • Part Two: Understanding Your Process
    • Part Three: When Open-Loop is the Correct Choice
  • Power Setting versus Temperature Setting in Hot Air Heaters
  • Temperature Control of Air Heaters
  • Thermocouples in Hot Air Systems
  • Designing your System for Uniform Heat & Airflow
  • ​Using a Variable Frequency Drive to Improve your System Performance

Specific Applications

Shrinking

  • Heat Shrink Tunnels Explained
    • Part One: Types of Heat Tunnels
    • Part Two: Advantages and Disadvantages
    • Part Three: Technical Complications of Heat Shrinking
  • The Effect of Bottle Shape on Shrink Quality
  • Common Shrink Label Problems and their Solutions
  • Temperature and Time: Your Formula for Perfect Shrink Labels

Drying/Blow-off

  • Optimizing Blow-off Systems for Manufacturers
  • Heat or Air: Which is the best way to get stuff dry?

Deflashing

  • Deflashing Plastic Parts

Heating

  • Using Hot Air to Create an Oven

Application Notes & How-Tos

  • Best Practices in Air Heater Installation​
  • Application Note: Troubleshooting Leister Air Heaters 101
  • Application Note: Using a Leister LHS Air Heater with Compressed Air
  • Application Note: Leister SYSTEM Category of Air Heaters
  • LE to LHS Air Heater Upgrade
  • Application Note: Setting Up the HOTWIND SYSTEM
  • Video: How to hook up a LHS SYSTEM air heater 
  • Video: Setting up an external closed loop control system with the LHS CLASSIC air heater
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